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해외 한국인 창업자의 첫 고객 열 명을 연결하는 서비스
재외국민 창업 지원이 현지 조언과 활동비까지 넓어지면서 해외 한국인 창업자의 첫 고객 열 명 찾기와 증빙 정리를 함께 돕는 작은 유료 서비스를 만들 수 있게 됐다.
중소벤처기업부와 창업진흥원은 해외에 사는 한국 국적자를 위한 ‘2026년 모두의 창업 글로벌 재외국민 프로그램’을 모집하고 있다. 접수는 2026년 9월 14일 오후 6시까지이며, 사업은 9월부터 12월까지 진행된다(K-Startup 공고). 대상은 해외에 거주하는 한국 국적 예비창업자와 업력 7년 이내 해외 진출 창업기업이다. 여행처럼 짧게 머무는 사람의 인정 여부, 해외 법인의 지분과 국내 사업장 조건 등은 개인마다 달라질 수 있으므로 첨부 공고문에서 다시 확인해야 한다. 선발 과정은 자격 검토, 서류평가, 발표평가 순서다.…
- 싱가포르에서 공장용 제품을 준비하지만 현지 담당자를 한 명도 모르는 한국 유학생의 첫 인터뷰 열 건을 대신 약속해 주는 서비스는 어떨까?
- 뉴욕에서 콘텐츠를 팔려는 세 명짜리 한국 팀이 조언자를 만난 뒤 소개받은 사람과 다음 할 일을 놓치지 않게 돕는 서비스는 어떨까?
9.2 · 5 sources · Read on →
New Family Leave Rules Open a Workflow Tool Opportunity for Small Workplaces
New family-leave rules create an opportunity to connect work that currently breaks across spreadsheets, group chats, schedules, and wage-support applications into one workflow for small companies.
9.1 · 7 sources
Care-Connection Services as Youth Future Centers Expand Nationwide
As Youth Future Centers expand across Korea, small services can help with early identification, local referrals, and follow-up; the hard-to-copy advantage will come not from the interface but from trusted relationships among schools, hospitals, and centers, and from records of real referral outcomes.
9.1 · 8 sources
A Pre-Contract Landlord Check Can Now Stand Alone as a Service
A public access channel that lets services automatically read HUG’s list makes a small, standalone “check the landlord before signing” tool possible.
9.1 · 5 sources
Turn Programme Reshuffles Into a Personal Opportunity Map
Free services and a paid service priced at A$49 a month already exist abroad. A service could turn programme reshuffles into personalised change alerts, alternative-support recommendations, and duplicate checks for public agencies.
9.1 · 7 sources
Safety Operations Tools Are Opening Up for Random Chat Apps
By connecting Google Play’s underage-access rules with South Korea’s age-19 and real-name verification requirements, a small tool for signup checks, matching locks, and report handling could serve local random chat apps.
8.31 · 8 sources
A Personal Job Search Tool That Connects Applications and Relationships
By putting companies, conversations, and next contact dates on one screen, you can build a small service that helps job seekers and career-support organisations miss fewer follow-up actions.
8.31 · 8 sources
Turn Work Conversations into Weekly Briefings and Handover Packs
When public work conversations retain source links and require human approval, even a small team can turn them into decision records, weekly briefings, and handover materials.
8.31 · 7 sources
세 도시 워케이션이 여는 체류 운영 도구
여러 도시를 잇는 워케이션이 생기면서 외국인 원격근무자의 숙소·이동·업무·생활 확인을 한 번에 해결하는 작은 유료 서비스가 가능해졌다.
8.31 · 5 sources
A Change Log Can Become a Small Logistics Service
Recurring-delivery businesses do not need to replace a large logistics system first. They can start with a small service that confirms, passes on, and proves changes for each delivery cycle—building customer-specific exception histories and field trust that are hard to copy.
8.30 · 8 sources
Utility-bill evidence shows the real rent of a studio apartment
Now that listings show more management-fee fields, a service could combine recent bills and calculation methods to show actual housing costs before move-in and the basis for charges afterwards.
8.30 · 6 sources
Status Alerts Built from City Service Requests and Permit Data
Putting service request, work order, and permit status on one screen can support neighborhood alerts and construction updates that replace the manual work of moving status across separate city tools.
8.30 · 8 sources